Attorneys want 12-year old's murder case bumped down to juvenile court
Issue date: 10/1/09 Section: Community News
NEW CASTLE, Pa.- The 12-year old Lawrence County boy accused of murdering his dad's pregnant girlfriend early this year in Wampum will go to court in December.
A judge has scheduled a December 10th hearing to hear arguments of whether he should bump Jordan Brown's case down to juvenile court.
Defense attorney Dennis Elisco says Brown's time in a juvenile detention center since February shows he's best served by juvenile rehabilitation-- and should not be treated as an adult facing a lifetime in prison.
The judge is expected to rule on the matter shortly after December's hearing. Brown could go to trial early in January.
For now, Jordan Brown is charged as an adult in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court with February's fatal shooting of 26-year-old Kenzie Marie Houk and her unborn son as Houk lay in bed.
If convicted as an adult, Brown faces life in prison without parole. If the case is moved to juvenile court, any punishment would end when he turns 21.
District Attorney John Bongivengo says the case should remain in adult court as Pennsylvania law requires the boy to face charges as an adult.
A judge has scheduled a December 10th hearing to hear arguments of whether he should bump Jordan Brown's case down to juvenile court.
Defense attorney Dennis Elisco says Brown's time in a juvenile detention center since February shows he's best served by juvenile rehabilitation-- and should not be treated as an adult facing a lifetime in prison.
The judge is expected to rule on the matter shortly after December's hearing. Brown could go to trial early in January.
For now, Jordan Brown is charged as an adult in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court with February's fatal shooting of 26-year-old Kenzie Marie Houk and her unborn son as Houk lay in bed.
If convicted as an adult, Brown faces life in prison without parole. If the case is moved to juvenile court, any punishment would end when he turns 21.
District Attorney John Bongivengo says the case should remain in adult court as Pennsylvania law requires the boy to face charges as an adult.
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